RNS Number:9957S
Cobham PLC
8 December 2003


                                                        Closing Amendment No. 23


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT
     
1.   Company in which shares are held:    COBHAM PLC

2.   Notifiable Interest:    ORDINARY SHARES

     A     FMR Corp
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
           (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds and Fidelity 
           Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts
           as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust 
           accounts.  (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders 
           and their holdings.)

     B     Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
           P.O. BOX HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

           Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
           including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), and Fidelity 
           Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US 
           investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for 
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).
     
3.   The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of

           Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109
     
     A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.
     
4.   The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
     unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from 
     reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.   These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
     notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
     the purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to 
     indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
     Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
     or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of 
     the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these 
     notifications on a joint basis.

6.   The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act,
     namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
     to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to 
     control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
     respectively.

7.   Inasmuch as there is no disclosable interest of 3% or greater of the share
     capital, FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity 
     International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries have no 
     further reporting obligation under Section 198 to 202 of the UK Companies 
     Act. This statement speaks as of its date, and no inference should be drawn
     that no change has been occurred in the facts set forth herein after the 
     date hereof.


SCHEDULE A
                                                     
SECURITY: Cobham Plc                                            Amendment No. 23

                                     MANAGEMENT  
                       SHARES HELD    COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)

                         1,150,000     FMRCO     HSBC
                             5,100     FMRCO     STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                             8,760     FMTC      STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                             6,500     FMTC      BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN
                           701,329     FISL      CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                            66,400     FPM       HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE
                                                 (UK) LIMITED
                            35,300     FPM       MELLON NOMINEES LTD
                            73,234     FIL       MSS NOMINEES LTD
                            12,400     FIL       NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                           135,450     FIL       BANKERS TRUST
                           115,600     FIL       RBS TRUST BANK
                            58,280     FIL       STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                            97,200     FIL       NORTHERN TRUST
                            26,700     FIL       JP MORGAN
                            91,341     FIL       CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                            37,200     FIL       CITIBANK
                            14,800     FIL       DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON
                           474,170     FIL       BANK OF NEW YORK, LONDON
                            45,347     FIL       CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                             9,900     FIL       STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                            11,000     FIL       MELLON NOMINEES LTD
                            59,100     FIL       BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 


TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES:   3,235,111

CURRENT OWNERSHIP 
PERCENTAGE:                   2.92%

SHARES IN ISSUE:       110,958,985

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING:              (688,754) ORDINARY SHARES



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